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Science

What’s Inside The Vatican’s Black And White Smoke Signal

The Vatican needs to find a new Pope. To notify the world of when a new Pope is chosen, the papal conclave will communicate through smoke signal. Black smoke means they haven’t found a Pope, white smoke (or “fumata bianca”) would mean that there is a new Pope. So what’s inside the smoke?

18 February 2012

Science

Gizmodo Happy Hour: Making The Angry Ginger

Creating your first craft cocktail takes a lot of trial and error, a bit of science, and a dose of creativity. Today, you’re going to meet The Angry Ginger, Gizmodo’s first (but certainly not our last) attempt and creating an original cocktail. We think you’ll like the results.

2 December 2011

Geek Out

Did You Know You Create Rainbows Every Time You Blow A Candle?

This is a wonderful photograph of someone blowing a candle. If you look closely, you can see rainbows on the smoke. Why do they happen?

18 November 2011

Geek Out

Seeing A Fire-Breathing Human Is So Wrong

Double you tee eff doesn’t begin to explain this. This lunatic takes being a pyro to the next level. He stuffs his mouth with some sort of powder, waves a fan through his ear and starts a fire THROUGH HIS MOUTH.

1 November 2011

Geek Out

Magical Puff Of Smoke Could Outshine Any Costume

You know that amazing Halloween costume you’ve been crafting for the past month? I’m sorry you wasted all that time because this Pure Smoke illusion — that magically conjures up puffs of vapour from your bare hands — has easily got you beat.

16 February 2011

Geek Out

Let’s Hope The Smoke Monster Is Not The Harbinger Of Apocalypse

Sometimes, coincidence and the capriciousness of physics are better than any Photoshop, like this smoke monster, being fought by fearless pompiers. [Thanks Oscar!]

30 January 2011

News

What’s Actually Inside The Tear Gas Being Used In Egypt?

The tear gas grenades being used to quell protestors in Egypt are actually made right here in the USA. They’re intended to cause “tearing of the eyes” and “irritation of respiratory tract and mucous membranes”. What’s inside the tear gas?

23 January 2011

Geek Out

How To Blow And Pour Liquid Smoke

Smoking is bad for you! But let’s be honest, smoke itself looks sorta cool. Here’s a video of smoke looking like liquid, which makes it even cooler looking. You can even swirl the smoke around and pour it out like water.

6 June 2010

Gadgets

The Nightmare Fog Machine

These ghostly jellyfish won’t sting you—they’re just high-tech smoke signals, created by a new installation that uses pulsing speakers to send fog through openings in huge slabs of concrete. But the puffs are considerably less frightening in motion:

22 April 2010

Mobile

Dell’s Next Android Phones: Flash, Thunder And Smoke

First Engadget showed us a Windows Phone 7 beauty, the Dell Lightning, and now they’re showing off Dell’s Android offerings: Flash, Thunder and Smoke. They’re all lookers in their own ways and full of appealing features.

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